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sarbanes of maryland. the speaker pro tempore: i'm pleased to recognize the gentleman from maryland. mr. sarbanes: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in strong support, it's a privilege to rise today in support of s. 1275 and its companion, h.r. 4322, which is an act to create the national foundation on finance, sports, and nutrition, which is designed to support the president's council on finance, sports, and nutrition. i want to thank the many co-sponsors of this legislation, it's a bipartisan bill, we have strong support from both republicans and democrats and have done all the way through this process. i want to thank congressman george miller for his efforts in moving this from the education and labor committee and i want to salute his staff for working so closely with us. of course senator mark warner, who is the sponsor on the senate side of this legislation, i too want to salute congressman -- former congressman tom mcmillan who has been just a tireless advocate for establishing this founda
sarbanes of maryland. the speaker pro tempore: i'm pleased to recognize the gentleman from maryland. mr. sarbanes: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in strong support, it's a privilege to rise today in support of s. 1275 and its companion, h.r. 4322, which is an act to create the national foundation on finance, sports, and nutrition, which is designed to support the president's council on finance, sports, and nutrition. i want to thank the many co-sponsors of this legislation, it's a...
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gentleman in maryland that in most nations health care is a public utility. it is not allowed to be a private an unregulated industry. it is horrifying that involves what is supposedly one of the progressive and wealthiest nations on earth that we allow our underprivileged people to die simply because of lack of money for proper health care. and secondly, toomes peek, your statement -- to ms. peek, your statement a moment ago of expecting to have the same standard of health care of people who can afford to pay for it out of their own pockets, well, certainly they do. they expect to be able to live, just as anyone with money expects to be able to live. they expect to be treated with proper and decent medical care. another point is, because of the lack of government regulation of insurance companies and drug companies and for-profit hospitals, they are running rampant. -- running rampant over our citizenry. host: 11 -- leave it there and get a response. guest: our health care industry, porter says wealthy, i do not think that anyone is arguing -- poor verses we
gentleman in maryland that in most nations health care is a public utility. it is not allowed to be a private an unregulated industry. it is horrifying that involves what is supposedly one of the progressive and wealthiest nations on earth that we allow our underprivileged people to die simply because of lack of money for proper health care. and secondly, toomes peek, your statement -- to ms. peek, your statement a moment ago of expecting to have the same standard of health care of people who...
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host: let's hear from willy, a democrat in annapolis, maryland. what are your predictions? >> caller: thank you for be letting me be on. i disagree with the first call thear said obama didn't accomplish anything. and as far as the 1129sdz congress, i don't know if they're like the tea party i think they're going to be a total bust. it was easy for them to sit on the sidelines to throw bricks, but now they've got to come up with solutions. host: raleigh, north carolina. billy. caller: as an independent, i'd like to say i think this country is in big trouble because of laws that we just passed. the president was so happy to do as our moral convictions, the way people are living, this ask and don't tell whatever you want to call it, it's the beginning of a moral collapse of america. and we are doing the same things that's going to happen to the roman empire. we are caving in from inside. but everybody wants something for themselves and nobody else. i'm very sorry that i think america is downhill and going down fast. thank you very much. >> host: the "washington post" weighs in
host: let's hear from willy, a democrat in annapolis, maryland. what are your predictions? >> caller: thank you for be letting me be on. i disagree with the first call thear said obama didn't accomplish anything. and as far as the 1129sdz congress, i don't know if they're like the tea party i think they're going to be a total bust. it was easy for them to sit on the sidelines to throw bricks, but now they've got to come up with solutions. host: raleigh, north carolina. billy. caller: as...
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maryland, new york in terms of how it is done or being done in new york. we're working with -- with department of corrections to figure out how to reallocate 60 thouks addresses back to -- back to the -- to the prisoners permanent residence as opposed to where they're being counted now in the prison. >> i'm curious -- just popped in my head with that question. if you're going down that path, do you -- potentially see a problem where the critics will say, wait a minute, we allow clean students to be able to vote in the place where they go to school. all of -- they're living somewhere else, could they use the same argument to justify how they count prisoners? >> people not in the country legally, so you can't -- you count them but you don't calculate them in terms of drawing the line. >> the amount of college students and prisons doesn't hold, because the issue with the prisons is partly the fact that near not actually vote bug they did prorgs natalie minority. and prisoners don't get the choice of voting where -- whether incarcerate ordinary in the home sta
maryland, new york in terms of how it is done or being done in new york. we're working with -- with department of corrections to figure out how to reallocate 60 thouks addresses back to -- back to the -- to the prisoners permanent residence as opposed to where they're being counted now in the prison. >> i'm curious -- just popped in my head with that question. if you're going down that path, do you -- potentially see a problem where the critics will say, wait a minute, we allow clean...
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host: gaithersburg, maryland. caller: i am not happy with the agreement. i would like them to not do anything with the upper income and would like them not to extend the unemployment. this is going to get out of control. the sooner we deal with it, the better off we will be. i was disappointed with what the commission did. they kicked it to the curb and said, this is what we are going to do. we will kick the debt down another -- kicking the debt problem down the road for another two years. host: next caller. caller: they get it down one minute and then raise it. how can it work for us in any way? if people are down and you keep kicking us. just like this deal [inaudible] people are losing their homes, foreclosures. they cut our wages appear. people were making $30 an hour and now are down to $12 an hour. we have all kinds of problems up here in michigan. people need to look at us in america instead of overseas. we need people here looking at us host:. host: -- looking at us. host: tallahassee, florida. caller: i wish more americans would ask the pertinent
host: gaithersburg, maryland. caller: i am not happy with the agreement. i would like them to not do anything with the upper income and would like them not to extend the unemployment. this is going to get out of control. the sooner we deal with it, the better off we will be. i was disappointed with what the commission did. they kicked it to the curb and said, this is what we are going to do. we will kick the debt down another -- kicking the debt problem down the road for another two years....
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maryland, new york in terms of how it is done or being done in new york. we're working with -- with department of corrections to figure out how to reallocate 60 thouks addresses back to -- back to the -- to the prisoners permanent residence as opposed to where they're being counted now in the prison. >> i'm curious -- just popped in my head with that question. if you're going down that path, do you -- potentially see a problem where the critics will say, wait a minute, we allow clean students to be able to vote in the place where they go to school. all of -- they're living somewhere else, could they use the same argument to justify how they count prisoners? >> people not in the country legally, so you can't -- you count them but you don't calculate them in terms of drawing the line. >> the amount of college students and prisons doesn't hold, because the issue with the prisons is partly the fact that near not actually vote bug they did prorgs natalie minority. and prisoners don't get the choice of voting where -- whether incarcerate ordinary in the home sta
maryland, new york in terms of how it is done or being done in new york. we're working with -- with department of corrections to figure out how to reallocate 60 thouks addresses back to -- back to the -- to the prisoners permanent residence as opposed to where they're being counted now in the prison. >> i'm curious -- just popped in my head with that question. if you're going down that path, do you -- potentially see a problem where the critics will say, wait a minute, we allow clean...
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maryland, new york in terms of how it is done or being done in new york. we're working with -- with department of corrections to figure out how to reallocate 60 thouks addresses back to -- back to the -- to the prisoners permanent residence as opposed to where they're being counted now in the prin. >> i'm curious -- jus popped in my head with that question. if you're going down that path, do you -- potentially see a problem where the critics will say, wait a minute, we allow clean students to e able to vote in the place where they go to school. all of -- they're living somewhere else, could they use the same argument to justify how they count prisoners? >> people not in the country legally, so you can't -- you count them but you don't calculate them in terms of drawing the line. >> the amount of college students and prisons doesn't hold, because the issue with the prisons is partly the fact that near not actually vote bug they did pros natalie minority. and prisoners don't get the choice of voting where -- whether incarcerate ordinary in the home state, th
maryland, new york in terms of how it is done or being done in new york. we're working with -- with department of corrections to figure out how to reallocate 60 thouks addresses back to -- back to the -- to the prisoners permanent residence as opposed to where they're being counted now in the prin. >> i'm curious -- jus popped in my head with that question. if you're going down that path, do you -- potentially see a problem where the critics will say, wait a minute, we allow clean...